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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. O-1213-41 UPON SECOND AND FINAL READING: AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING SECTION 460 OF CHAPTER 22 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF NORMAN SO AS TO PLACE PART OF THE WEST HALF OF THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 9, TOWNSHIP 8 NORTH, RANGE 2 WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA; IN THE PUD, PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, AND REMOVE THE SAME FROM THE A-2, RURAL AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT, OF SAID CITY; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (SOUTH SIDE OF IMHOFF ROAD APPROXIMATELY 900 FEET EAST OF CLASSEN BOULEVARD)
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SYNOPSIS: The applicant has submitted a request to rezone an existing property from A-2, Rural Agricultural District, to PUD, Planned Unit Development District, for a student housing project. The proposal consists of 158 units with approximately 552 beds. The tract currently has a single-family home on-site but it will be divided from the development as platting is completed. The land under review for this request was set aside on the 2020 Plan and again on the 2025 Plan as industrial due to its close proximity and access to Highway 9, a major road, and the possibility of extending additional industrial use already in place to the east of this tract.
STAFF ANALYSIS: When the 2020 Land Use Plan was adopted, a detailed land use analysis was completed that revealed Norman had 925 acres of land that was being used for industrial purposes, and the Plan reserved industrial, and recommend that 1,200 additional acres be added and preserved for future industrial use. This deliberate decision of the Council, at that time, was to create multiple opportunities to accommodate all types of industrial activities in a wide variety of locations. The actual demand for industrial land was estimated at 198 acres over the entire time frame of the Plan. It was predicted that the surplus industrial land would be absorbed at the rate of a...
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